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Table 11.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1999 to 2008

Heart Recipients

Primary Diagnosis Year of Transplant
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total 2,188 2,199 2,202 2,155 2,057 2,015 2,125 2,193 2,209 2,163
Coronary Artery Disease 974 990 931 924 865 773 823 809 790 724
Cardiomyopathy 1,021 983 1,030 969 966 989 1,033 1,113 1,176 1,144
Congenital Heart Disease 135 154 175 186 174 192 196 198 177 202
Valvular Heart Disease 37 57 54 55 41 45 46 47 34 41
Other 13 5 8 14 5 10 19 23 29 51
Unknown 8 10 4 7 6 6 8 3 3 1
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Coronary Artery Disease 44.5% 45.0% 42.3% 42.9% 42.1% 38.4% 38.7% 36.9% 35.8% 33.5%
Cardiomyopathy 46.7% 44.7% 46.8% 45.0% 47.0% 49.1% 48.6% 50.8% 53.2% 52.9%
Congenital Heart Disease 6.2% 7.0% 7.9% 8.6% 8.5% 9.5% 9.2% 9.0% 8.0% 9.3%
Valvular Heart Disease 1.7% 2.6% 2.5% 2.6% 2.0% 2.2% 2.2% 2.1% 1.5% 1.9%
Other 0.6% 0.2% 0.4% 0.6% 0.2% 0.5% 0.9% 1.0% 1.3% 2.4%
Unknown 0.4% 0.5% 0.2% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 4, 2009.

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants, other than heart-lung, in which a deceased donor heart was one of the organs transplanted.



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